The U-boat Crew Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDEFEGHGHIJIJ| ALAS alas for those blond boys who stalk | A |
| Their prey in ambush of the shuddering seas | B |
| Whiling the wait with merry tender talk | A |
| Of some dear knot of flower clad cottages | C |
| Beyond the Rhine The merchantship draws on | D |
| Their swift torpedo strikes its mark the sea | E |
| Moans with the dying for a victory won | F |
| They thank the pagan god of Germany | E |
| Happier to die the hideous smothering death | G |
| Too deep for mercy in their own snared trap | H |
| Than live to learn how time interpreteth | G |
| The cause they served the tragical mishap | H |
| Of pride that pledged The Day and brought The Night | I |
| Than live to loathe their Fatherland a name | J |
| So high so fallen that betrayed their bright | I |
| Young loyalty to savageries of shame | J |
Katharine Lee Bates
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